diff --git a/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/logservice.yaml b/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/logservice.yaml
index 954383227df..88e4c4aedad 100644
--- a/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/logservice.yaml
+++ b/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/logservice.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: logservice-serviceaccount
       containers:
         - command:
-            - "logservice"
-            - "logservice"
+            - "/bin/sh"
+            - "-c"
+            # This has to be one line to be passed into the `exec` env correctly. I truly could not tell you why.
+            - logservice logservice {{ range $k, $v := .Values.logService.flags }} --{{ $k }}={{ $v }} {{ end }}
+          env:
+            {{ range .Values.logService.env }}
+            - name: {{ .name }}
+              # TODO properly use flow control here to check which type of value we need.
+{{ .value | nindent 14 }}
+            {{ end }}
           image: "{{ .Values.logService.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.logService.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: logservice
@@ -47,4 +55,4 @@ metadata:
   name: logservice-serviceaccount
   namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
 
----
\ No newline at end of file
+---
diff --git a/k8s/distributed-chroma/values.yaml b/k8s/distributed-chroma/values.yaml
index 1c6d94f669c..e30bcb0e58c 100644
--- a/k8s/distributed-chroma/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/distributed-chroma/values.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ logService:
   image:
     repository: 'local'
     tag: 'coordinator'
+  env:
+  flags:
 
 worker:
   image:
@@ -56,4 +58,4 @@ worker:
 sysdbMigration:
   image:
     repository: 'local'
-    tag: 'migration'
\ No newline at end of file
+    tag: 'migration'